Indiana University South Bend
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| Established | 1916 |
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| Type | public coeducational |
| Endowment | $0.3 million[1] |
| Chancellor | Una Mae Reck |
| Faculty | 281 |
| Students | 7,501 |
| Undergraduates | 6,322 |
| Postgraduates | 1,179 |
| Location | South Bend, IN, USA |
| Campus | urban: 80 acres (0.32 km²) |
| Athletics |  2 Division I NAIA teams, called Titans |
| Colors | Red and White |
| Affiliations | Indiana University System |
| Website | www.iusb.edu |
Indiana University South Bend is the third largest campus of the Indiana University system. It is popularly known as IUSB or "IU South Bend." It is located in South Bend, Indiana, in Saint Joseph County, Indiana. IU South Bend is most famous for its world-renowned Alexander Toradze Piano Studio.
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[edit] History
Indiana University began offering classes in South Bend in 1916 as an extension of the main campus of Indiana University Bloomington. In the 1961 the first IUSB building was constructed on newly acquired land.
[edit] Campus
IU South Bend is centered around a large green pedestrian mall and located along the St. Joseph River. When the campus officially opened in the early 1960s, the campus featured two buildings: Northside Hall and Greenlawn Hall, a former tool and die factory. Growing steadily over the last 40 years, the campus now consists of 12 buildings, including the Franklin D. Schurz Library. The most recent addition is the 100,000 square foot (9,000 m²) Student Activity Center featuring basketball, volleyball, and racquetball courts, a walking track, a fitness and wellness center, a café, a student lounge, and student activity offices. The University also owns 26 acres on the south bank of the St. Joseph River.
A pedestrian bridge connects the main campus with the athletic fields across the river. Construction began in December 2005 and was completed in September 2006. On September 22, 2006, the Indiana University Board of Trustees voted to approve housing for IU South Bend. The housing will consist of apartment-style units built across the river. Approximately 400 beds are planned for the first phase.
[edit] College, schools, and divisions
The schools listed here are degree-granting units made up of smaller departments or programs.
- College of Liberal Arts and Sciences[1]
- containing the Departments of: Biological Sciences • Chemistry • Computer and Information Sciences • English • History • Mathematical Sciences • Philosophy • Physics and Astronomy • Political Science • Psychology • Sociology and Anthropology • World Language Studies
- Ernestine M. Raclin School of the Arts[2]
- School of Business and Economics[3]
- School of Education[4]
- School of Public and Environmental Affairs[5]
- School of Social Work[6]
- Division of Labor Studies[7]
- Division of Nursing and Health Professions[8]
- Division of Extended Learning Services
- containing the Office of Continuing Education[9]
Indiana University South Bend hosts a branch of the Indiana University Bloomington School of Informatics as well as a branch of the Purdue University College of Technology.
[edit] Student body
IU South Bend's enrollment in the fall semester of 2005 was 7,459 students, of whom 3,869 (52%) were full time. Undergraduates accounted for 6,324 students.
Most IU South Bend students are white Indiana residents. Of students enrolled in fall 2005, 486 were African-American, 221 were Hispanic, 97 were Asian, and 32 were Native American. More women, 4,673 attended IU South Bend than men, 2,786. Despite IU South Bend's proximity to the state of Michigan, 7,052 of its students in the fall semester of 2005 were Hoosiers.
The Student Government Association president is Marcus Vigil.[10]
The IU South Bend student newspaper is The IUSB Preface, a weekly that varies from 8-12 pages in length. The editor for the 2004/05 school year was Stacy Logan. The editor for the 2005/06 school year was Jed Walls. The editor for the 2006/7 school year is Jason Cytacki. The Preface had received local attention due to controversial articles from the Kinsey Institute and its Bill O'Reilly-styled news analyst, Chuck Norton, who now writes for the Vision. The Preface also no longer carries "Kinsey Confidential." The Preface's website is http://www.iusb.edu/~preface.
A student club called The IUSB Vision started its own newspaper in 2006 and its editor is Jarrod Brigham. The Vision's web site is http://www.iusb.edu/~sbvision.
[edit] Athletics
The NAIA Division I Women's Basketball team qualified for the national tournament in 2005, winning the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference (CCAC). Head Coach Mary Wisniewski (214-135, .630) has been voted CCAC Coach of the Year for the sixth time in 10 years by her peers. Wisniewski won the award in 94-95, 96-97, 97-98, 98-99, 00-01, and 04-05. Seniors Jamie Bonner and Emily Ladd earned 1st Team All-CCAC honors for the second straight year and freshmen Jessica Hass and Jennifer VanderZanden earned Honorable Mention All-CCAC honors.
The IU South Bend Dodgeball Club are the 2005 National Indoor Dodgeball Champions, Men’s C Division.
The IU South Bend Bowling Club beat the University of Notre Dame by 60 pins at the 2005 Blue and Gold Classic.
[edit] Faculty
IU South Bend reported in fall 2004 that it employed 281 full-time faculty, lecturers, and academic administrators. Of the full-time faculty, 57% were tenured.
Like the student body, IU South Bend's faculty is predominantly white. Of full-time administrators, faculty, and lecturers, 24 (8.5%) were Asian, 12 (4.3%) were African-American, 6 (2.1%) were Hispanic, and 239 (85.1%) were "other." More women (51.6%) than men held academic appointments at the university.
For Fall 2003, professors at IU South Bend were near the mid range in pay when compared to their counterparts in the Indiana University system. A full-time professor earned an average of $97,700 (3rd), an associate professor $74,400 (6th), and an assistant professor $62,800 (5th). These average figures include salary, retirement, health and other fringe benefits.
[edit] Notable faculty
Notable faculty of IU South Bend include Alexander Toradze, the celebrated concert pianist and master teacher, who with George Vatchnadze, performs for world audiences to critical acclaim. Tuck Langland, who recently retired, is one of the premier sculptors in this country. Several of his pieces grace the campus.
In addition, recent examples of IU South Bend faculty scholarship receiving international recognition include Fred Naffziger’s extensive commentary on the BBC, NBC, NPR, Wall Street Journal, NY Times, and USA Today regarding the Catholic Church's bankruptcy crises; Ilan Levine’s cutting-edge research on astroparticle physics; Rolf Schimmrigk and Monika Lynker whose names are associated with the discovery of mirror symmetry in string theory among other works; Andrew Schnabel’s work with pollen in an East African community; and the groundbreaking discoveries about methane gas by a team of distinguished scientists led by Henry Scott.
[edit] External links
- Official website
- Official athletics website
- Campus map
- Indiana University Factbook
- Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference
- NAIA
- National Amateur Dodgeball Association
[edit] References
- 1 endowment America's Best Colleges 2006. U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved on January 30, 2006.
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